Universal Remotes
Comcast swapped out my cable box to resolve an intermittent problem that has been occurring the past few weeks. They gave us a Cisco/Scientific Atlanta box. The universal remote that came with the cable box was platinum colored. The universal remotes that came with the old box were silver colored.
I wanted the old remote to work with the new box so I have a fair chance of finding a remote in the house when I wanted to watch the TV. It was easy to find instructions to program the remote to work with the TV and Stereo. It was a bit more difficult to find out how to change the cable box. The key was to unlock the remote. After the remote was unlocked it was just a matter of finding the right 5-digit code.
I also wanted to change the default mode for volume control. The remote uses the TV for the default volume control. To change it I had to first perform a global volume unlock and then lock the default volume control to the right device. In this case I wanted my stereo that was programmed under the Aux button to control the volume.
I’ve documented the steps and codes below to hopefully help someone else with a similar issue as well as document the steps for my future use.
To unlock / lock the remote:
- Press cable button
- Hold the Setup button until the cable button blinks twice
- Press 982
- The cable button will blink 4 times if unlocked.
- The cable button will blink 2 times if the remote locked.
To Program the Silver Remote to work with Cisco RNG cable Box:
- After unlocking the remote
- Press the cable button
- Hold the setup button until it blinks twice
- Enter a 5 digit code
- cable button will blink twice if the code is valid
- cable button will blink one long blink if the code is not valid
- Press the power button to test the code entered
Codes for the Silver Remote & Cisco RNG Cable Box:
- 01877
- 00877
- 00477
- 00008
- 00237
- 01982 <- This one worked for me
Global Volume Unlock
- Hold Setup until the mode light blinks twice
- Press 993
- Press Vol+
- The mode light will blink 4 times confirming unlock
Restoring Global Volume Lock
- Press the mode that you want the global volume lock enabled on
- Hold the setup button until the mode light blinks twice
- Press 993
- Press the mode key
- The mode key will blink twice confirming global lock enabled
Recently I completed the PADI Rescue Diver Certification. I’ve been wanting to take this course for quite some time. In taking the Scouts to the Florida Sea Base I had really wanted to have this certification before the trip. While I ended up taking the certification after the trip, at least I was motivated to make it happen.
I found the course to be very physically demanding. We had to learn how to control a panic diver on the surface and under water. How to prevent a diver from having an out of control ascent. We had to learn how to bring an unconscious diver up from the bottom and provide rescue breaths.
To complete the course we had to demonstrate all the skills in open water. The most challenging scenario was to find a missing diver. We had to perform an underwater search to find our “missing” diver, which was a blue fin weighted to stay on the bottom. Once we found the “missing” diver, the fin turned into a real diver, Mike. There were three of us acting as “rescuers”. We had to bring the unconscious diver up from a depth of 55 feet. Then we had to start providing rescue breaths and get him out of his diver gear. We had to tow him into shore all the while providing rescue breaths. After we successfully carried him onto the grass, Mike magically turned into CPR Annie. Joe and Patrick, the other two students, started CPR while I got the O2 started. After this scenario, all three of us were physically drained.
This past summer we travelled with the Boy Scouts to the Sea Base High Adventure Camp in Islamorada, Fl. for a full week of SCUBA diving. We were there from July 31st to August 7th with 8 scouts and 4 adults. The scouts were between the ages of 14 and 18.
The abundance of sea life was just out of this world. We got to see tons of reef fish. Just about every dive we saw at least one barracuda. On the night dive, we saw the barracuda schooling over the reef. We saw a couple of nurse sharks. On one dive some of the boys got to see some black tip reef sharks. The nurse sharks were great. They were between 5 and 6 feet in length and we were able to swim with them for quite some time. We saw some grey spotted eels and several moray eels. On one dive we swam with a sea turtle that was about 3 feet in diameter.